Use these fun ideas to show your volunteers you appreciate them! Click links below to download PDFs.
Autumn Tea Party
Ginger Cider Break
Donut Bar
The VBS 2020 Theme Is….
We’re so excited for Concrete & Cranes and hope you are too! If you haven’t already, head over to the LifeWay VBS Facebook page and watch the theme reveal video.
Click here to learn more and make sure to come back tomorrow to hear the latest podcast episode that is all about Concrete & Cranes.
VBS 2020 Clue #4
Need a quick break from your work day? Spend a few minutes doing this word scramble.
But wait! This isn’t just a fun activity. There’s a clue about the 2020 VBS theme hidden in here somewhere. Download it here!
Good luck!
Think you missed a clue along the way? Look back through past blog posts for an up-close photo, a Sudoku puzzle, and a noise related to next year’s VBS. Then post your best theme guess on our LifeWay VBS Facebook page.
Check back next week for our fifth and final clue before the big reveal on June 5 at 1:00 p.m. CT.
VBS 2020 Clue #1
If you can figure out what’s pictured in the image above, you will be one step closer to unveiling LifeWay’s 2020 VBS.
Could it be…
The inside of an elephant’s ear?
A swatch from Abraham Lincoln’s favorite tie?
A vat of tie-dyed cake batter left out on the counter for three weeks?
Keep your eyes peeled for more clues here on the blog and make sure to mark your calendar for the official VBS 2020 theme reveal on June 5 at 1:00 p.m. CT.
RSVP here!
Easter Watercolor Cross Craft
Volunteer Appreciation Resources
Looking for some fun gift ideas to show appreciation to your volunteers? We’ve got your covered! Click below to download some fun ideas.
Soapin’ you have a merry Christmas!
Free Bible Skills Activity Guide
We believe it’s essential to begin teaching Bible skills from a very young age. As kids learn the different divisions and structure of the Bible, they will understand God’s Word more clearly, providing a foundation for heart transformation.
We’ve developed a free Bible Skills Activity Guide for families and groups. Fill out the form below to download the guide and make copies for every family in your ministry. Parents will love the help as they seek to disciple their kids this summer.
By signing up for this Bible Skills Activity Guide, you will also receive free access to preview sessions of Explore the Bible. Every session of Explore the Bible: Kids brings the Bible to life through rich study and engaging objects, equips kids with foundational Bible knowledge and skills, and encourages them to live what they learn everywhere they go. Try sessions out with your kids, and watch the Word come alive.
Christmas Freebie: Downloadable Wrapping Paper
Christmas is fast approaching. Consider this festive wrapping paper an early Christmas gift from LifeWay Kids. We are so thankful for the role you play in kids’ lives. Click the image below to download your freebie today.
Click here to download your free wrapping paper. (PDF)
Preschool Christmas Crafts
All parents love Christmas tree ornaments made by their children. My wife and I still have treasured kid-made ornaments that are over 40 years old. And, we continue to place them on our Christmas tree each year!
Two of our favorites:
Wooden Drapery Ring Ornament:
Gather:
- Wooden Drapery Ring
- Acrylic Paint
- Glitter/Sequins
- Glue
- Photo of your child (possibly posed in front of a stable scene)
- Felt scrap
- Ribbon
- Black permanent marker
Create:
- Lay drapery ring on top of kid’s photo and then on the scrap of felt and trace the ring.
- Cut out the traced circle on the photo and on the felt.
- Paint the drapery ring.
- Glue the ring onto front of the photo with the metal circle of drapery ring on top.
- Trace, cut out, and glue felt circle onto the back of the photo.
- Decorate ring with glitter/sequins.
- Tie a loop of ribbon onto the metal ring for placing the ornament onto your Christmas tree.
- Print the child’s name and date on back of the ornament with a black permanent marker.
- Enjoy for years!
Jesus and the Star Ornament
Gather:
- Yellow star cut from poster board
- Gold/metallic chenille stem
- Small amount of hay
- Glue and tape
- Small, oval shape from white paper
- Small circle shape from pink or tan paper
- Silver sequins
- Black permanent marker
Create:
- Position the star with one of the points at the top.
- In the two lowest star points glue a small amount of hay.
- Glue the white oval onto the top of the hay for baby Jesus’ body.
- Glue the pink or tan circle onto one end of the oval for baby Jesus’ head.
- Encourage the child to draw a face on the baby Jesus with the black marker.
- Make a loop with the chenille stem and tape it onto the top/back of the star.
- Print the child’s name and the date on the back of the ornament.
- Enjoy for years!
Jerry Vogel is an Editorial Ministry Specialist in LifeWay Kids. He is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University and has served over 40 years in Kids Ministry at the local church level as well as at LifeWay. Jerry currently teaches four-year-olds at his church.
Free Download: Family Advent Guide
Last year, we posted a blog that provided a downloadable Advent guide for kids ministers to share with every family in their ministry. The response from families and kids ministers was amazing! So amazing, in fact, that we decided to repeat this year. You’ll find the same format with updated content to help parents lead their families into deeper discipleship.
Kids ministers, click the image below to download and print out Advent guides, and then pass them out on Sunday, or email out the link in your weekly newsletter. This is just one more way to make sure you’re equipping parents to lead the way in the spiritual development of their kids.
Click here to download your free Family Advent Guide.
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